Students use hockey sticks to pick up bean bags and put them into hoops which they get money for in the end. For this movement and math lesson plan, students get fake money and add up how much they earned in the end based on how many...

Students draw animals and plants that are described to them as they read passages of people who traveled across the Gila Trail in the Southwest. In this Gila Trail lesson plan, students also write a letter describing a plant or animal in...

Students practice telling time through movement, teamwork and cooperation - as they demonstrate how a clock represents time. They play a game of telling time in order to master the lesson objectives.

Students examine what animals need in order to survive.  In this investigative lesson students play a "role" of an animal in winter.

First graders are introduced to the ecosystems of savannas throughout the world. Using new vocabulary, they identify and describe the characteristics of a savanna and the animals that live there. They also describe the Earth's physical...

Students explore Upham Woods at night and investigate about the special adaptations of nocturnal animals. They identify three nocturnal animals and how they are adapted to the night. Students explain what night vision is and how it works.

Students study seabirds and how they have adapted to their environments.  In this activity based lesson plan students will play a card game that will allow them to have a better understanding of seabirds and their adaptations. 

Pupils work on the development of observation skills and seeing how they can be used in different contexts. The lesson is good for helping the beginner and novice, along with encouraging and reminding the expert observer of right practices.

Students imitate the same movements that different animals would make.

Students interact in a game of tag. When students are caught they must practice waiting skills to be "unfrozen".

Students examine a Baga Drum in order to explore the history of the Baga people of West Africa. For this art history lesson, students recognize figures used in Baga Drum design that represent aspects of Baga culture. They also design and...

In this ecology vocabulary exercise:  wetlands worksheet, students read the definitions of 8 words, then categorize a species found in a wetland in their region.  This page has numerous links to helpful web resources.

A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of animal adaptations, that look at physical and behavioral adaptations.

In this interactive lesson, students act out animal movements for a short brain break.

Provides photographs and a fact card about the robin, as distinct from the American robin, which is actually a thrush. Explains where robins are found, their physical characteristics, diet, migration behavior, mating, and predators.

In this lesson students focus on physical movement while they make the same movements different animals would make.

Brief illustrated overview of the wildebeest and an accompanying video demonstrate the physical adaptations that allow this animal to eat and digest tough African grasses.

This fact sheet on Townsend's Big-Eared Bat provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.

This fact sheet on the big brown bat provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.

This fact sheet on the Mexican free-tailed bat provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other interesting facts.

This fact sheet on pallid bats provides details on physical characteristics, range, migration, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.

This fact sheet on spotted bats provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.

This fact sheet on California leaf-nosed bats provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.

This fact sheet on silver-haired bats provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.